1927-04-30 The Plainsman

              Social Science Club
Banquet May 3 THE PLAINSMAN
TO FOSTER.THE AUBURN SPIRIT
Sophomore Class
Banquet May 6
VOLUME L. AUBT
FRESHMAN CLASS ELECTS
OFFICERS FOR COMING YEAR
H. H. Milligan Wins
Presidency; Crump is
Vice-President.
At convocation Tuesday, April 26,
the Freshman Class held an election
of class officers for next year. The
men who were elected will manage
the business transactions of the Soph­omore
Class of the school year 1927-
28.
The vote was taken immediately af­ter
the convocation speaker completed
his address to the Freshmen. Pres­ident
Callahan was in charge of the
floor in the duties of his present
office as President of the Freshman
Class. After the candidates were pre­sented
to the class the vote was taken
and the ballots turned over to the
Student Council.
The official count of the votes
shows the following men elected to
office: H. H. Milligan, President;
Noble Crump, Vice-President; J. D.
(Jimbo) Salter, Secretary-Treasurer;
"Dick" Adams and "Jimmie" Ware,
Honor Committee Representatives;
"Stumpy" Granger and "Jim" Primm,
Student Council Representatives; and
George Mozo, Historian.
These men were selected by the
majority vote of the class from a
large number of nominees, and it is
hoped that they will receive the full
support of the Class and student body
in order to make their term of office
a most successful one for next year's
Sophomore Class.
SOCIAL SCIENCE
CLUB WILL HAVE
BANQUET SOON
Newly Elected Officers Will Be
Installed at That
Time
KAPPA PHI IS
TO GET CHARTER
FROM NATIONAL
Will Become First Chapter of
Beta Kappa in
South
One of the most wide awake organ­izations
on the campus met to enjoy
an hour during which time an unusu­ally
interesting program was pre­sented.
A very up-to-date question
was debated, the substance of which
was vitally important at the present.
The question was, resolved: That we
are violating the Monroe Doctrine
and should withdraw our forces from
China. The affirmative side was up­held
by Mr. Mercer Helms and Mr.
Sam Harvey, while Mr. V. G. Conner
and Mr. McRae represented the neg­ative
side. Before the decision was
rendered, the floor was opened for
discussion in which a number parti­cipated.
The judges rendered their
decision in favor of the affirmative
side.
Plans for the first of a series of
annual banquets were then discussed
and finally completed. The date for
this banquet was definitely settled
for Tuesday night, May 3, Smith Hall,
at eight o'clock. This promises to
be one of the most successful affairs
of the season and everyone is urged
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PROGRAM
Tiger Theatre
Mon. and Tues., May 2-3
"SLIDE, KELLY, SLIDE"
with William Haines, Sally
O'Neil, Harry Carey, Karl
Dane, Bob Meusel, Irish
Meusel, Junior Coghlin
Wed. and Thurs., May 4-5
"KNOCKOUT REILLY"
Starring Richard Dix
with Mary Brian, Jack Ren­ault
and Harry Gribbon
Friday, May 6
"THE LOVE GAMBLE"
with Lillian Rich, Robert Fra-zer
and Pauline Garon
Saturday, May 7
"SIN CARGO"
with Shirley Mason,, Gertrude
Aster, James Mack and
Robert Frazer
A Good Comedy Every Day—
The Newest News Reels
We Manufacture Our Own
Weather—20 degrees Cooler
Inside than Outside
Beta Kappa, national fraternity,
organized at Hamline University, St.
Paul, Minn., in 1901, has decided to
enter the South and has selected
Kappa Phi of Auburn as the first
chapter in its new territory. Here­tofore,
Beta Kappa has expended its
energies in making itself strong in
the Middle West, the place of its
birth, though it has secured a hold
in the East and far West.'
The policy of expansion of this
national has always been extremely
conservative. During the twenty-six
years of its existence, only eighteen
chapters have been organized. They
are Alpha, Hamline University; Beta,
University of Washington; Gamma,
Nebraska Wesleyan University; Del­ta,
University of California; Epsilon,
Middlebury College; Theta, Tufts
College; Iota, University of Nevada;
Kappa, University of Illinois; Lamb­da,
Oregon State College; Mu, Uni­versity
of Washington; Nu, Miami
University; Xi, Allegheny College;
Omicron, University of Maine; Pi,
Mammounth College; Rho, Illinois
Wesleyan University; Sigma, Penn.
State.
Kappa Phi feels proud over being
selected as the first chapter in the
South. When installation ceremon­ies
take place the latter part of May,
it will occupy the nineteenth place
on the roll, being designated as Tau
chapter1.
The local Kappa Phi (fraternity
was founded in 1921, and since then
has enjoyed a nominal and healthy
growth. The members of the local
organization have taken an active
interest in all student activities.
The present roster of active mem­bers
is as follows:
Cameron White, Livingston; Chas.
W. Haynie, Bellamy; Howard W.
Head, Veto; William C. Regan, Mo­bile;
Lucian W. Draper, Springville;
Baldwin Wylie, Corodova; Aubrey C.
Allen, Cromwell; Clayton C. Phil­lips,
Coal Valley; T. Hobson Pearce,
Aliceville; Richard H. Martin, Alice-ville;
Hugh R. Zinzer, Tuscumbia;
Sam L. Neville, Emelle; Emmett H.
Clements, Birmingham; Thomas D.
Allen, Athens; Rawden R. Rawls,
Andalusia; Vivien D. Moore, Bessem­er;
Robert R. Sansing, Margaret; Al-vin
B. York, Dora; Lawrence N.
Chamblee, Dora; Shelton D. Stuin.
Georgiana; C. Hilton Rowe, Silas;
John E. Taylor, Panola; J. K. Liv­ingston,
Savannah, Ga.
ALABAMA, SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1927 NUMBER 29
^ AJ"W FACULTY RESOLUTION ON HONOR SYSTEM
A vote taken of the Freshman and
Upper Classmen as to whether or
not the honor system should remain
in Auburn failed to pass. The per­centage
voting in favor of retaining
the honor system was 54.3 per cent
of the enrolled student body. Of the
number actually voting 60.6 per cent
voted in favor of the system. The
percentage required to rqtain the
honor system was 66.6 per cent.
Beginning April 26 faculty super­vision
was resumed. Any violation
of the honor now committed will be
subject to the jurisdiction of the
executive council.
Resolutions adopted by the Execu­tive
Council in a special meeting April
27 were as follows:
"Resolved, that we, the Faculty of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
desire to express our appreciation of
the commendable manner in which
the students conducted the recent
discussions and elections pertaining
to certain proposed changes in the
Honor System; that we congratulate
the students upon their very gratify­ing
vote for a more effective Honor
System, a vote which gave a majority
for the new system slightly below the
required two-thirds majority; and
further, as the Student Honor Sys­tem
is thus terminated, which ad­mittedly
had ceased to function in an
effective manner, that we invite the
support and cooperation of the stu­dents
in any efforts which may be
found necessary to eliminate dis­honesty
from the academic work at
Auburn; and finally, that these reso­lutions
be published in the forth­coming
issue of The Plainsman."
The vote on the Honor System in
no. way reflects on the standing of
Auburn nor does it have any bear­ing
on'the trend of thought of her
student body. To those who have
never been to college this view point
may seem absurd. In keeping with
the spirit of the institution we .feel
that by disposing of the system we
are throwing off a blanket that has
camouflaged the actions of the few
who would rather sacrifice their per­sonal
honor than be foursquare in
their dealings. Our Honor System
was the best system of its kind in
the written form but it was accepted
by the student body before their spir­its
and general attitude were ripe
for the establishment and carrying
out of the fundamental principles.
Colleges and universities will al­ways
be faced with the problem un­less
there is a decided change in the
manner in which the honor and integ­rity
of the student in the home and
in the high school or preparatory
school training is developed. The in­stitutions
of higher learning are melt­ing
pots for the thousands that enter
annually from schools in which there
is no high spirit of honor nor sys­tems
whereby the student pledges
himself to neither give nor receive
help in quizzes and examinations.
The faculty and students have
nothing but commendation to offer to
the members of the Honor Commit­tee
for we feel that the great work
that has been done by them will be
echoed through the coming years.
Surely their efforts have not been in
vain.
AUBURN PICKED
AS ORATORICAL
CENTER IN MEET
Miss Nesbit Will Represent
A.P.I. at Contest
NEW FLAG POLE
COMES TO REST
After Much Moving the Old
Radio Pole Becomes an
Asset to Campus
The radio pole that has dominated
the Freshman Chemistry Laboratory
building for quite a while has been
moved to the triangular plot of ground
between the Main building and the
library, to be used as a flag pole.
The removal of the pole was fin­anced
by the Scabbard and Blade,
the National Military Honorary So­ciety.
This organization has done
many constructive things for the bet­terment
of Auburn, since its estab­lishment
here and is a real asset to
the college.
The work was supervised by Lieu­tenant
Bowley and the Engineering
unit of the R. 0. T. C. They could
be seen all around and on top of the
"lab," while the pole was being re­moved.
Many Freshman hoped that
the pole would fall and wreck the
"lab," but the Engineers were very
efficient and no harm was done.
The flag pole fills a long felt need
and is duly appreciated.
Auburn has been selected by the
Committee of the National Intercol­legiate
Oratorical Contest as the
most ideal location for the district
center of Alabama and Mississippi.
The contest is a national one, based
on oratorical talent and platform ef­fectiveness.
It is felt by the commit­tee
that oratory, which has flourished
for many years and has been the de­ciding
factor at many crises in the
history 6f our nation, should not
languish through lack of interest.
With this in mind, all colleges are
invited to participate in the contest.
The colleges to be represented at
Auburn are Athens College for Young
Women, University of Mississippi,
Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Alaba­ma
Women's College, Millsaps Col­lege
and Palmer College. The con­test
will be under the supervision of
Professor Hamilton of the English
Department, and will be held in the
auditorium of the Agricultural Build­ing
at eight o'clock, Friday, April
29th. No admission will be charged.
The Auburn entrant is Celeste Nes-bitt.
It is a source of great pleas­ure
to many people that the women
students of Auburn are coming to
the front in activities of this sort.
The oration, which is based on the
Constitution, was given by Miss Nes-bitt
in the Public Speaking Class,
where it was so successfully received
that the orator later delivered it at
the High School. It is felt locally
that she will be a contender hard to
defeat in the coming contest.
The winner at Auburn on April
29th will compete in the semi-finals
at Asheville, N. C, in May, and the
winners of that contest will contend
for further honors in Los Angles,
California, in June. The honor car­ries
with it seven cash prizes, rang­ing
from $1,500.00 to $350.00. All of
the seven winners who reach Los
Angles will receive prizes.
Since the national committee has
chosen Auburn as the district center
for this worth-while contest, it is
hoped that sufficient local interest
will be shown that a well-filled audi­torium
will greet the fair orators.
PHI DELTA GAMMA
PLEDGES
Phi Delta Gamma, a National For­ensic
fraternity, has selected pledges
for this year. The candidates for
initiation next Tuesday are as fol­lows:
R. S. Mosley, T. H. Pearce,
Harry Wise, J. R. Taylor, M. T.
Gowder, R. Alston, C. T. Thompson,
and J. E. Carter.
The chapter of Phi Delta Gamma
was installed at Auburn in 1924. The
purpose of the society is to develop
and maintain a greater interest in
oratory, debating and dramatics, to
encourage the expansion of literary
societies and to elevate the standards
of literary endeavor. The organi­zation
sponsors the annual Inter-Lit­erary-
Society contests which have
created much interest during the past.
Elections are held twice a year.
Any upperclassman who has suffi­cient
character qualifications and
who has shown interest and ability
in forensic fields is eligible for mem­bership.
SOPHS ELECT
CLASS LEADERS
FOR NEXTYEAR
NEW SENIOR OFFICERS ARE
ELECTED AT JUNIOR BANQUET
LT. LEITCH GIVES
OPINION OF THE
HONOR SYSTEM
Recommends Removal of Pres­ent
Grading System
Voting Takes Place April 21
in Convocation
NOTICE
Tickets for the banquet of the
local branch of the A. S. C. E. can
be secured from W. F. Wright for
the price of $1.25.
The Sophomore Class held its an­nual
election of officers for the Jun­ior
year 1927-28, on April 21.
A nominating committee was pro­vided
for in place of the former meth­od
of open nominations. The com­mittee
was composed of Bob Blakey,
chairman, James Cone, Roy Sellers,
J. A. Baird, and Carrol Porter.
The nominations were presented
to the class at a meeting last Tues­day
and were subjected to further
nominations. The officers elected
were as follows:
A. F. McGhee, president; Otis De-
Vaughn, vice-president; Coke Mat­thews,
secretary; J. B. Merrill, treas­urer;
Raymond DeArmari, historian;
Carrol Porter, J. L. Hartselle, ana*
Pete Hassler, Student Council; Red
Carter, Lefty Wattwood and Dum­my
Howard, Vigilance Committee;
Carrol Porter, L. Wilson, Dugan Tay­lor
and John Mosley, assistant base­ball
managers.
Petrie Takes Retrospective View
Of Civil War in Lecture to Class
ARTILLERY UNIT
SHOWS UP GOOD
IN HORSE SHOW
The members of the Artillery unit
of R. O. T. C, who were participants
in the horse show last Saturday, made
an excellent showing of their ac­complishments
in horsemanship. Much
interest was created by the event.
The cups, trophy and medals were
awarded by President Spright Dew-ell
and Major John T. Kennedy upon
the decision of the judges, Majors.
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On the eve of Memorial Day, Dr.
Petrie took as his subject for his
Current Event discussion this week,
the question: What would have been
the result if the Confederacy had
won the war? Dr. Petrie said:
"On April 26 the south will cele­brate
Memorial Day. Many a speak­er
will pay his tribute to the bravery
and heroism of the Conferedate dead,
while the eager strains of 'Dixie' will
stir in hundreds of hearts tender
thoughts of days that are no more.
All this is as it should be. A people
that does not cherish the memory of
its great men will soon have none
to remember.
"On the eve of such a day it may
not be out of place, while reviewing
the glories of the 'Lost Cause,' to
ask ourselves what would have been
the result if it had succeeded—if the
southern armies had won the war.
What About Slavery?
"It is sometimes assumed, or even
openly asserted, that the purpose of
the Confederacy was to prepetuate
slavery and that southern success
would have made slavery permanent.
"There is no basis for this belief.
Most thoughtful men in the south
regretted the existence of slavery.
They were ready for any reasonable
what the south needed was not more
slaves, but fewer. The suggestion
way to get rid of it. They saw that
that the African slave trade be re­opened
and more slaves be brought
into the country met with disappro­val.
So strong was this disapproval
that when the constitution of the
Confederate States was drawn up, a
provision was put in it forbidding
this foreign slave trade at once and
forever. Was this the act of a peo­ple
intent on prepetuating slavery?
"What southerners dreaded and
strove to avoid was, not the ultimate
elimination of slavery, but some sud­den
and desperate attempt to get rid
of it without due regard to what
would happen in the process.
"Had the Confederacy succeeded,
the matter would have been left to
the individual states. In time one
of these after another would have
worked out its own problem of eman­cipation,
as the northern states had
done one after another more quickly
because their problems were smaller
and easier to solve.
Two Nations or One?
"Other changes also would have
followed in the south. No nation
could remain so overwhelmingly ag­ricultural
as the southern states has
long! been. During the war they
learned from bitter experience the
necessity for diversified industry.
Under the Confederacy our 'New
South' would have come just as sure­ly
as it did come'under other condi­tions.
But its. coming would not
have been retarded by the chaos of
reconstruction times.
"Indeed much of the bitterness be­tween
north and south, which is now
happily gone forever, was due more
to the horrors of that period of re­construction
than to the open fight­ing
during the war itself. It is quite
possible that the success of the south
might not have been followed by so
embittering a period.
"In view of all these things, is it
unreasonable to suppose that in due
time, with the slavery gone, with eco­nomic
conditions not unlike in the
By S. H. Lynne
If the Honor System is to work at
Auburn, the incentives to cheating
must be removed, according to Lieu­tenant
Leitch, popular artillery offi­cer
detailed for instruction service at
the Alabama Jolytechnic Institute at
Auburn. The boys will have to be
taught, in his opinion, that cheating
is as grave an offense against one's
personal honor as lying or stealing,
for they have no such concept at
present.
In the first place I would do away
with the present system of quality
points, as this induces many viola­tions
of the honor code by placing
the emphasis on points rather than
on actual knowledge," he averred.
"Then I would do away with the
numerical system of grading and
adopt the old alphabetical system
which does not discriminate so close­ly
in the matter of points. By these
two methods, the unfair premium
placed on the acquisition of good
grades would be placed at a mini­mum,"
he continued.
In order to increase the real value
of a degree from this institution, he
proposes to elevate the passing grade
from its present standard of sixty
of the more difficulty seventy.
"An honor system under student
control should rest solely in the hands
of the students," said he. "Dual
control has always been impractical,"
he explained. "What I propose is a
system whereby a student obligates
himself to attempt to prevent cheat­ing
rather than to report cases of
cheating. This may be done by ask­ing
the students to require any stu­dent
who is seen cheating to cease,
destroy his paper, and start his en­tire
examination anew. All examina­tion
papers should end with a signed
pledge that unauthorized help was
neither given nor received and that
no cheating was knowingly permitted.
The man who will not stop when
asked in this manner should be
thrown out."
Junior Feed Was Well
Attended
The Junior Class held its annual
banquet April 19, in Smith Hall. The
event proved to be one of the most
successful of the year. The hall was
elaborately decorated in brindle and
green. A very pleasant time was
afforded by the large number which
attended.
The president of the class, T. B.
Shotts, presided as toastmaster. Very
appropriate speeches were given by
Dr. Dowell, Dr. B. B. Ross, Miss Zoe
Dobbs, Prof Hugh Grant and Mr.
Emmett Sizemore. Representatives
of the Student Council and Honor
Committee, as well as other members
of the class, also gave interesting
talks.
The announcement, of the results
of the Junior class elections was the
last number on the program. The
officers elected for the Senior Class
of 1927-28 were as follows:
President, Ben Sankey; Vice-Pres­ident,
Mutt Gregory; Secretary, Cush
Wood; Treasurer, R. P. Sitz; Poet,
L. A. Easterly; Prophet, Oswald Thig-pen;
Editor Plainsman, Rosser Als­ton;
Business Manager Plainsman,
H. C. Hopson; Editor Glomerata, Ben
Rives; Historian, W. C. Coleman;
Student Council, W. C. Hurt, R. O.
Lile, T. H. Pearce, F. O. Miller; Vigil­ance
Committee, Mutt Gregory, Goat
Smith, Pete Spinks, Dad Gummet
Pierce.
T FRIENDSHIP
COUNCIL HOLDS
INSTALLATION
SOPH BANQUET
WILL BE HELD AT
STUDENTS CLUB
New Officers Are, Installed at
Dinner
The sophomore class will have its
annual banquet on May 6 at eight
o'clock. Dean Georgia Petrie, of the
graduate school, is to be the toast-master
of this, the first banquet to
be put on by the class of '29. Dr.
Spright Dowell and other members
of the faculty will appear as speak­ers
on the program.
Since this is the first regalement
to be staged at the Students Club,
many are looking forward to the time
of decorating the hall.
The entire class is behind the move­ment
to put this feast over in grand
style. Tickets may' be secured for
the sum of $1.25.
The sixth annual installation din­ner
of the Auburn Y. M. C. A. Friend­ship
Council was held in Smith Hall
Wednesday, April 27, at 7:30 p. m.
J. M. Edwards presided and installed
the officers for next year. These
were R. S. Mosley, general secreta­ry;
T. H. Pearce, president; Howard
Smith, vice-president; C. C. Phillips,
secretary; and G. S. Williams, treas­urer.
Three minute reports were given by
various committees following which
R. C. Crawford gave a talk "Look­ing
Forward." Miss Jenelle Hunt,
accompanied by Miss Julia Price,
rendered a violin solo, "Roses of Pic-ardy,"
in response to an encore she
played, "Waiting For The Sunrise."
Dr. Paul V. Bomar, principle speak­er
of the evening, spoke on "The Mak­ing
of a Man," and counciled that
each man present so shape his con­duct
that he need not be ashamed
to let it show in his face. Other
speakers on the program were Dr.
Spright Dowell and Dr. F. W. Park­er.
Rev. S. B. Hay, pastor Persby-terian
Church, closed the banquet,
with a short prayer.
north and south, with the cooling of
passion on both sides, and with the
growing business intercourse between
them, the two sections might have
come together once more in one great
nation?
"Southerners had done much to
make the old union great. They were
exceedingly reluctant to leave it.
The people of the north and the peo­ple
of the south belonged to the same
great race. They spoke the same lan­guage.
They inherited the same tra­ditions
of government. The consti­tutions
of the old union and of the
new Confederacy were enough alike
to be twins. Would not some way
have been found ultimately to restore
the union between the two nations
on a basis and in a manner accept­able
to both?" I.
PROGRAM
College Show
Monday, May 2
"PERCH OF THE DEVIL"
With Mae Marsh, Pat O'Mal-ley,
Jane Winton.
Tuesday, May 3
"BARRIER"
With Norman Kerry, Henry
Walthall, Lionel Barrymore,
Marceline Day.
Wednesday, May 4
"THE GENERAL"
Buster Keaton, Glenn Cavender,
Marian Mack.
Thursday, May 5
"JOHNNY GET YOUR HAIR
CUT"
With Jackie Coogan
Fri. and Sat., May 6-7
"THE BELOVED ROGUE"
With John Barrymore, Conrad
Veledt, Marceline Day.
A GOOD COMEDY AND
GOOD MUSIC AT EVERY
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EDITORIAL STAFF
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R. C. Cargile, '28 Associate Editor
J. B. McMillan, '29 Managing Editor
C. R. DeArmen, '29 News Editor
L. A. Smith, '29 Assoc. News Editor
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Coke Matthews, '29 Bulletin Board
Max Kahn, '28 Sports Editor
Celeste Nesbitt, '28 Co-ed Editor
J. W. Randal, '28 Exchange Editor
A. V. Blankenship, '30 Humor Editor
REPORTERS
P.- F. Crenshaw, '29 R. B. Kelso, '30
J. W. Mills, '30 K. Kimbrough, '28
J. D. Salter, '30 Chas Howard, '30
G. N. Sparrow, '30 V. Savage, Jr., '30
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Grady Mosley Ass't. Circulation Mgr.
People who have no money always seem
to have motor cars.
It is with narrow-souled people AS with
narrow-necked bottles. The less there is
in them the more noise they make in pour­ing
it out.
The saddest thing about a suicide epi­demic
is that it never strikes the right ones.
Some men are like wine that the older
they grow the more they kick.
All human" institutions should be like
time tables, "subject to change without
notice."
A German student in Gottingen Univer­sity
breaks it gently to his parents, by wire,
that he has flunked his spring examina­tions:
"Passed exam with flying colors.
Professors ddlighted, enthusiastic, want
me to repeat it next July."
The man today who hides behind a wo­man's
skirt is not a coward; he is a magi­cian.
LET US MAKE MOTHER'S DAY A
REALITY ON THE AUBURN
CAMPUS
Conventions have been criticized, laws
deplored, morals attacked and society con­demned
since the dawn of history, but,
both in the mind of the seel- and in the
heart of the multitude, there remains one
ideal unblemished by the attack of the
cynic and the logic of the pessimist—the
Mother. Every virtue conceived by man­kind
summates in the Mother of the race.
To her is ordained the most divine task of
humanity, the perpetuation of her kind.
Is it not fitting, therefore, that we pause
on one day each year to pay tribute to her?
Are we to hilariously celebrate the days
of birth of our country's great men, of
her Declaration of Independence, of her
victories in war and let pass unheeded and
unsung that day which has been set apart
by executive decree as a day for express­ing
sincere and tender gratitude for the
supreme gift of—our Mothers?
We cooperated exceptionally well with
the college officials in inviting our fathers
to visit Auburn as our guests on a day offi­cially
designated Dad's Day and, at the
time, we felt as if we had profited by the
experience. We were proud of our dads,
eager to have them meet our friends and
those whom the people of the state have
placed in charge of this institution. This
attitude is highly commendable and we
take considerable pride in the assertion
that it was to be expected of Auburn men.
Now we are being urged to extend cor­dial
invitations to our Mothers to be pres­ent
here on Sunday, May 8, nationally and
locally to be observed as Mother's Day,
and to urge their acceptance. It is the
plan of our president to welcome the
Motr.f s of his boys and girls at a reception
in their honor on the lawn of the execu­tive
mansion, Saturday evening preceeding
Mother's Day. Church programs espec-
11- adaptable to the spirit of the occa­sion
lave been planned and the students
are urged to attend these services in com­pany
with their Mothers.
Some of the seniors are disturbed at
the proximity of this day to the Commence­ment
exercises. Naturally those who live
at a considerable distance from Auburn will
hesitate before asking their Mothers to
visit the school twice in such a short elapse
of time. However there is no such condi­tion
to prohibit the underclassmen from
urging their Mothers presence afi that
day. It is hoped and believed that they
will comply with this request.
Fellows? Are you proud of your Moth­ers?
If you are you will invite her to
visit your Alma Mater on Mother's Day.
REMINISCENSE
It seems like but yesterday that we en­tered
school. There were many new faces
on the Campus. A new Auburn presented
itself. Paved streets have taken place of
the dusty, dirty roads. The newness soon
wore off. Friends developed quickly, and
we soon settled down to steady work.
The many football games and trips caus­ed
time to pass quickly. The Christmas
holidays arrived, and we left to join famil­ies.
The Village seemed mighty lonesome
and desolate without the joyful students.
The holidays were passed, and we return­ed
to prepare for Mid Term Exams. Many
long faces were to be seen on the Campus
before exams. Everybody seemed to be
buried in his books. The College raised
a howl because the Students were burn­ing
their lights too late at night, in their
untiring efforts to assemble their thoughts
for the great battle of "Questions and
Answers." However, the multitude safely
navgiated the "rough sea", and then an­chored
their books on the shelves, and plan­ned
to celebrate. Three long days and
nights did we revel. The Dances over,
we started to recuperate. We recovered
our wits, part of our sleep, and none of
our money. We were reminded from time
to time that we had certain lessons to con­quer,
but our minds were never entirely
free long enough to combat with this great
enemy of all College Students. The Base­ball
season swept everything else aside. A
new baseball field replaced the old one.
We journeyed daily to the bleachers to lend
our lusty cheers to the Tigers. Track
also claimed a great part of our esteemed
attention. We engaged in a number of
battles and returned with the spoils—Vic­tory!
This brings us to the present day. We
are on the homeward stretch now. There
are only a few weeks left before Final
Exams. Please do not let these words
frighten you, as they are merely another
enemy to conquer. The larger they are,
the harder they fall. Let's sharpen our
knives, as well as our wits, and show the
Professors that their motto, "They shall
not pass", is of no use, as nothing can stop
this elect body of Students.
ATHLETICS VS EDUCATION
It is interesting to note that an out­standing
athlete and ardent fan of sports
has come forward with charges against the
present athletic systems in our colleges
and schools. The man of whom we speak
is Jefferson D. Burrus, Jr., captain of the
University of Wisconsin crew, for three
years a star on the Badger football team,
Vice-President of the Wisconsin Union,
and recently elected Rhoades Scholar. Mr.
Burrus points out five faults apparent to
an athlete in the present intercollegiate
athletic system, and advances six proposals
which, as an athlete and student, he be­lieves
will correct the system.
" 1 . Athletics are too intense for a few;
several hundred men at the most bear the
athletic burden of the entire university,
enjoying its benefits and suffering its
injurious effects.
"2. The majority lacks opportunity for
athletic participation; general student
health and well-being are inadequately
provided for in the general athletic pro­gram.
"3. Varsity athletics are too much in
the limelight, subordinating the intellect­ual
program in the eyes of high school stu­dents,
<*he general public, and even of the
university students.
"4. Cut-throat competition is forced on
the coaches by the football public, and the
general attitude of the alumni tends to
accentuate the evils of the situation.
"5. Students and faculty have too little
control of athletics, with the result that
there is little harmony between athletics
and education."
Some shifts in the arrangement of the
athletic system which, Burrus thinks will
make it serve its true function are:
"L Replace freshman and sophomore
gymnasium work with two years of com­pulsory
sports which will be the training
ground for varsity athletes.
"2. Limit intercollegiate competition to
juniors and seniors, or perhaps to sopho­mores
and juniors.
'3. Limit each sport to its season, and
do away with spring football, spring and
II basketball, etc. Set definite limits
t. e sports.
"4. Limit daily practice for each sport
: the same way that football practice has
jecn limited to two hours.
"5. Limit each student to one intercol­legiate
sport, or prohibit his participation
in successive sports.
"6. Give students and faculty greater
control of athletics, and work thru the
conference to secure the above regulations,
in order that no one university will in­jure
its immediate athletic standing by tak­ing
the initiative."
Mr. Burrus further emphasizes in his
analysis the unfortunate and convincing
effect that the present system has upon
the high school student who enters the
university or college with the firm convic­tion
that leadership in athletics is the su­premely
worthwhile attainment of the stu­dent.
The win or die spirit needs a toning
down and the emphasis placed on intra­mural
athletics will correct the mental atti­tude
of the underclassmen and those who
expect to enter college.
We do not mean to be rediculously bit­ter,
but the emphasis now placed on inter­collegiate
athletics is onesided unless the
participants expect to be football coaches.
What has been said of football holds true
for other sports, most of the major ones
being year round "industries". Burrus
further comments that "any sport a col­legian
enters into becomes a profession
with him. During an athletes college days
much more attention is given to his sport
than to any subject or any semester of sub­jects
in his college courses.
"One great trouble is that the alumnus
athlete of an older generation cannot re­alize
the change in athletics, cannot real­ize
how much time and thought is given to
it, how much like a big industry it has be­come,
how it has been stripped of all its
fun. The point that I am trying to drive
home now is how absolutely insane it is
to spend one's college career in perfecting
oneself in a game one will never use after
college, while many of those things which
will outfit him for his* struggle in life and
his duties as a citizen he is forced to ne­glect
or slight in a large part.
"Faculty members are present at big
games, at the important rallies—boyish in
their enthusiasm," Burrus comments, but
they desire, and rightly, "a little athletics
for all and less for the certain few, but
above all a diminution in the significance
and importance of intercollegiate athletics
in the university and public eye."
The public too, Burrus believes, in a
general way, sees evils in the system.
"When the public attitude toward the im­portance
given football at colleges is con­sidered
not in a superficial way," Burrus
writes "you'll find the public beneath out­ward
enthusiasm for the game, in a think­ing
rather than an emotional mood, won­ders
quite seriously whether it is worth
while to send sons and daughters into
college for an education."
Finally, as to the coach, "I have no cen­sure
for the coach," says Burrus. "In my
opinion those coaches who do think about
athletics in relation to education and after-school
life justify their activity by feeling
that they are making the best of a bad
situation—and they are.
The advantages is such reforms as those
which Mr. Burrus proposes are, briefly,
as follows:
The replacement of compulsory gymna­sium
exercises with intremural sports would
make physical training more enjoyable
and beneficial.
Limitation of intercollegiate competi­tion
to two years would help the intramural
system greatly, tend to change the general
attitude of the incoming highschool gradu­ate
toward the relative importance of ath­letics,
and would cause highschool boys to
come to college with the intention of get­ting
an education, rather than that of com­ing
for athletic competition only.
Limitation of each sport to its season,
of daily practice to not be more than two
hours, and of participation in one sport
for each student would result in a small
decline, if any, in the absolute performance
of teams in each sport, and would cause
no decline in relative performance, which
is the thing that brings spectators and
gate receipts.
Giving students and faculty more con­trol
over athletics will tend to make ath­letics
secure the interests of those for
whom they are established—the students.
In conclusion we may picture the im­proved
condition of the athlete of the
future, participating under such a regime
as his reforms propose, and of the student
of the future, given greater opportunity
for physical recreation.
The Student Council at the University of
North Carolina suspended thirteen men
recently, for gambling. It seems that this
action caused a bit of division among the
students as to the justice of the act. A
vote was taken by the entire student body,
in which the decision of the Council was
upheld by a good majority. The students
at this institution have a way of settling
things for themselves, and to the satis­faction
of all concerned. In fact, we are
inclined to believe that they have about
the most efficient student government in
the whole Southland.
BOOK REVIEW CONDUCTED BY
MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY
Edited by John B. Clark, A.M., Ph.D.,
Professor of Economics
NIGGER HEAVEN
When Carl Van Vechten's newest book,
"Nigger Heaven," (Alfred A. Knopf) was
published last last summer, a surge of in­vective
raged against it. Much of the
adverse criticism came from Harlem, that
undeniably important negro section of New
York City,through negro critics. As a nov­el
"Nigger Heaven" is rather free from
intricacy of plot, but it deals with the
negro, as the title suggests, and when
anyone writes about the negro, it is us­ually
taken for granted that he is contem­plating
the so-called negro problem. Of
course this assumption is unjust. A novel­ist
can make his characters speak their
own minds uninfluenced by his own ideas.
The reason for the objection, however,
that the Harlem negroes hold against the
book is pretty evident. Let's look for a
moment at the story. It is not involved.
The scene of the novel is Harlem, once
a small German settlement, how a huge
negro city, almost as large as Rome,
stretching north and east of Seventh Ave­nue
and 125th Street for many blocks in
the heart of New York. Mary Love, a sane
young negress of some education feels love
for Byron Kasson, a sensitive young negro
just graduated from the University of
Pennsylvania who has come to Harlem
with an ambition to become a writer. The
love seems to be mutual, and all goes well
until the advent of the siren, Lasca Sar-toris,
who, some years before had gained
fame and wealth as a music hall favorite.
Lasca, so it seems, was spending her middle
age in cultivating the friendship of young
colored boys, winning their affection, and
casting them off when they ceased to in­terest
her. Byron Kasson falls into her
net, forsakes his Mary Love, and enjoys
and suffers according to Lasca's formula.
The novel ends with the murder of that
negro whom Lasca has chosen to supplant
Byron in her chain of adventures. Byron
is not the actual murderer, albeit he had
gone to the scene of the killing, revolver
in hand, premeditated murder in his heart.
To clinch the force of Byron's murderous
intention the author causes him to shoot
hysterically into the body of the dead man.
So much for the story. Now as to what in
the novel that might call forth denuncia­tions.
In the first place, as clever, original
and novel as Van Vechten is reputed to be,
he is not above repeating the standard,
time-worn complaints of the negro ster­eotyped
by Harriet Beecher Stowe. "They'll
never put you in charge of a branch libra­ry,"
avers one character to Mary Love,
"not because you're not as good as the
others—perhaps you're better—but because
you're colored." And again, I quote this
time from the words of Byron Kasson,
"At college they said I had promise. I
know what they meant—pretty good for a
colored man. That doesn't satisfy me. I
want to be as good as any man."
There is nothing much in these ideas to
cause new excitement. The idea which
aroused the Harlem negroes, it seems to
me, is the possible imputation by the au­thor
of this novel that the negro is closer
in his life and habits to his savage ances­tors
than any negro cares to admit. I draw
that conclusion from incidents sprinkled
liberally- throughout the book. For ins­tance,
as a small gathering of the educated
type the negroes listen listlessly to the
music of Schubert or Schuman while the
evangeliticaf negro spiritual sweeps them
into a frenzy of emotional response. "We
are all savages," Mary Love tells herself.
She also recalls her father who was, she
remembers, "straight, handsome, distin­guished,
just and intelligent." Yet the
mere reading in a newspaper of a lynching
;>f a negro in Georgia threw him into such
a rage that he grasped his revolver, threat­ening
to kill-the first white man he encoun­tered.
Such incidents, regardless of the
fact that they are woven into a novel, will,
of course, cause discussion. Another ins­tance,
new perhaps to those who are not
famaliar with Harlem, is Van Vechten's
disclosure of the war, in Harlem, of black
against black. "You have to fight your
own race harder than you do the other,"
says one character. "They are full of
envy for every negro that makes a success.
They hate it. It makes 'em wild. Why,
more of us get on through the ofays than
throught the shines." (Ofay is a word
peculiar to the Harlem negro. It means
white man.) The speaker is referring in
"those who get on" to Paul Robeson, the
negro singer and actor, Charles Gilpin, the
negro actor, Roland Hayes, the sweet
voiced negro *enor, Countee Cullen, the
negro poet, and other negroes who have
attained prominence in their chosen fields
of endeavor.
The presentation of negro love by Van
Vechten is perhaps not complimentary to
the negro race if Mary Love and Byron
Kasson are representative. When the sane,
unemotional Mary Love recognizes her love
for Byron she says to herself, "I'd steal for
him. I'd kill for him. For him I'd give
up my family, my friends, my position,
WITH OTHER COLLEGES
The following rules were posted by the
faculty of a small college in Kansas, for
the regulation of student morals:
"No dress shall be worn to college that
is not longer than six inches below the
knees."
"No slang or other immodest language
shall be used."
"Belts for the men are prohibited, their
use being supplanted by suspenders."
"Use or possession of rouge or -lipstick
by any student on the campus is strictly
forbidden."
The five mentors of the Inconclast, ex­pelled
from the University of Georgia, for
attacks upon the Chancellor and the Pru­dential
Committee, were reinstated. The
offending students anounced their willing
ness to apologize for language considered
"disrespectful", but refused to retract any
of the principles for which they fought in
their short-lived magazine.—New Student.
Marquette University, of Milwaukee,
Wis., is to be enlarged next year. St.
Marys College is to be moved from Prairie
du Chien, Wis., to affiliate with Marquette.
—Tribune.
For the first time in the annals of
Fayette College, the scholarship rating of
the fraternity men is higher than that of
the non-fraternity men. Fraternity mem­bers
rated 2.897 over the non-fraternity
average of 2.87.—Diamondback.
Up at the University of Cincinnati, all
vigilance committees have been abolished I
for the future. In place of taming the j
freshmen, they will make an effort to train
by use of Guidance Committees. "Fresh- |
men coming to the University in Septem­ber,
1927 are to be trained not tamed.
The Student Council has dissolved the Vig­ilance
Committees and supplanted them
by Men's and Women's Guidance Commit­tees
who are to train the beginners in the
rudiments of the University of Cincinnati
traditions and campus rules.
Woman's College, Montgomery, Alaba­ma,
is to hold its first Summer Session this
year. The plans have already been com­pleted,
the faculty secured, and they are
expecting a large attendance. Courses for
teachers, as well as the regular courses
leading to a degree, will be offered.—Wo-
Co Ala News.
"A girl college in Germany has discon­tinued
the study of Biology as incompat­ible
with maidenly modesty."—New Stu­dent.
"North Carolina State College of Engi­neering
and Agriculture has a "Book-a-
Student Club."
"Fifteen students have banded together;
each has agreed to buy one current book.
After the member has read the book, he
passes it on to the next.
"Fifteen students have joined the club,
but others are clamoring for admission.
The founders plan, however, to limit the
membership, lest the club become large
and unwieldy."—New Student.
"More than eighteen thousand of the
26,813 attending New York University
work while attending this institution. Their
aggregate earnings for the year is more
than $130,000'.—Davidsonian.
The students at Furman University pub­lished
an interesting April Fool edition
of the Hornet on April the first. Under
its glaring headlines were such prevarica­tions
as: "Pres. M'glothlin to Retire, Red
Grange to Coach Purple Teams, Coolidge
may address Seniors, and Furman Pro­fessors
Given Gigantic Task of Moving the
Equator to Greenville, S. C." Altogether
it was an amusing issue.
s BLIND TIGER J
We understand that "Puny" Bar.ton was
the recipient of a long interesting letter
from some girl at Montevallo last week.
The mystery about the matter is the fact
that the letter was written on "Egypt­ian"
paper. Look out there now, Puny.
* * * * *
Another beau brummel from the fair
village of the plains has been the recipient
of a rather intriguing letter recently. G.
L. Kenny received a letter from Columbus,
Ga., last week, which was signed, "Mrs.
G. L. Kenney". We wonder if this was
from the DOT we have heard so much
about. Jar loose, G. L., and let's be bud­dies.
* * * * *
"Have you heard the latest butcher's
song?"
"No, what is it?".
"Butcher arms around me, honey."
* * * * *
A methodist minister was in Texas He
was approached by a long, lanky Texan
who asked:
"Where in the hell have I seen you be­fore?"
Minister: "I don't know. What part of
hell are you from?"
* * * * *
The difference between a college student
and a tank is that you can fill the tank.—
Wo-Co-Ala.
* * * * *
Helen: "It took Jack twenty five les­sons
to teach me to swim."
Nell: "The cad. He taught me in six."
everything." When Byron Kasson finally
realizes his love for Mary, he must first
consider revenge on that negro who had
come between him and Lasca. The primi­tive
man arose, spoke, and in one moment
civilization was swept out of the black
man's being.
At several instances it seems that the
book is verging on an attempt at a solution
of the negro problem. The question of
"going white" arises. That is, when ne­groes,
so white as to be easily mistaken
for white men, adopt a new life and live
with white men as white men. "In New
York City alone," says one character,
"about eight thousand negroes are living
as white people. In a short time there
wouldn't be any negro problem." Bidlo-gists,
I believe, maintain that such a solu­tion
can never be.
As to the positive merits of the book,
Van Vechten has at least caught in a
skilful manner the spirit of Harlem. It is
certainly a better novel than "The Tattoed
Countess" and "Firecrackers", his two
novels just preceding "Nigger Heaven."
In my estimation it is not as fine a piece
of work as "Peter Whiffle" one of his
earliest endeavors. As to the questions
this novel, "Nigger Heaven" raises, readers
will decide their validity or worthwhile-ness.
KENNETH DAUGHRITY
Prof: "Can you give the derivation of
Auditorium?"
Pupil: "From Audio, to hear; and Tarus,
bull; a place where "
Prof.: "That will do, that will do."
* * * * *
A kansas judge has ruled that a husband
need not listen to his wife's conversation.
No, he doesn't need to listen to thunder
either, but he does.
* * * * *
Doctor: "Old man, you drink too much.
Why don't you set a limit for yourself?"
Stewed: "I do, Doctor, but I always get
drunk before I reach it."
* * * - * *
He: "May I hold your hand for a sec­ond?"
She: "How will you know when the sec­ond
is out?"
He: Oh, I'll need a second hand for that."
* * *, * *
We are not pessimistic, but we would
like to hear the boys around Auburn use
the word Tropical in place of "hot" in
describing certain things.
* * * * *
What .is the future tense of "marry"?
"Divorce."
* * * * *
Our idea of a soft job is that of freez­ing
ice cream at the north pole.
;J: "fc "fc "i" '}"
Ann: "Oh, my sucker is broken."
Pup: (indignantly) "Well, you needn't
mind about broadcasting the fact."—Ann
Log.
* * * * *
"Pea Vine" Worley recently received a
bill for $22.50 from Woman's College, it is
reported. Well, we wonder what he has
been doing this time? Been careless, eh
wot????
* * * * *
I DOUBT IT
When a pair of red lips are up-turned to
your own,
Do you pray for endurance to let them
alone?
Well, maybe you do, but I doubt it.
When a shy little hand you're permitted
to hold,
With a velvety softness about it.
*Do you think you can drop it, with never
a squeeze?
Well, maybe you can, but I doubt it.
When a wonderful waist is in reach of
your arm,
With a beautiful plumpness about it,
Do you argue the point 'twixt the good and
the harm?
Well, maybe yoi» do, but I doubt it.
And if by these tricks, you should capture
a heart,
With a womanly sweetness about it,
Will you guard it, and keep it, and act the
good part?
Well, maybe you will, but I doubt it.
—Exchange.
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THE BIG STORE WITH THE LITTLE PRICES
HAGEDORN'S
Dry Goods, Ladies' Ready-to-Wear, Shoes
OPELIKA'S BEST STORE
SOCIAL SCIENCE CLUB WILL
HOLD BANQUET SOON
AUBURN GARAGE
R. O. FLOYD, Jr., Prop.
Auto Repairing, Gas, Oils, Tires and Accessories
CARS FOR HIRE
When In Columbus
Drop Around to
THE COLLEGE SHOP
1143—1st Avenue
Braeburn Clothes
$35 — $37.50 — $39.50
(Continued from page 1)
to attend. The tickets for this ban­quet
may be secured from DeVaughn,
Matthews, Alford, Simms, or Hos-kins.
The remainder of the hour was
taken up with the election of offic­ers
for the new year. A very capa­ble
group of officers have been elect­ed,
and we predict great things for
the Social Science Club next year.
The new officers are as follows: De-
Vaughn, president; Matthews, vice-president;
Alford, secretary; and
Simms, treasurer. These officers are
to be installed at the banquet which
will take the place of the regular
meeting. • -
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Among the programs to be broad­cast
from Station WAPI the week
beginning May 2 will be one featur­ing
"Better Music Week," a .Mothers'
Day program, and two baseball gam­es
played by Auburn and Clemson.
Monday noon, May 2, solos by Mrs.
A. D. Mayo. Prof. C. L. Isbell on
"Timely Orchard Hints;" J. E. Ivey,
the weekly egg-laying report; and
M. A. Barnes, water systems.
Monday night, silent.
Tuesday noon, May 3, the studio
trio. Prof. G. D. Sturkie will dis­cuss
hay crops to be planted after,
oats, and Dr. Edgar Morfet will be­gin
a series of discussions on child
study.
Tuesday night, studio orchestra in
a dance program. Prof. Harry Ham­ilton
will give a book review.
Wednesday noon, May >4, studio
orchestra. Dr. C. A. Cary will dis­cuss
a veterinary topic. Dr. Morfet
in child study.
At 4 o'clock, a play by play report
of the Aubum-Clemson baseball
game.
Wednesday night, silent.
Thursday noon, May 5, solos by
Mr. O. D. Langston. Rev. Milligan
Earnest will discuss a religious top­ic.
Conclusions of child study dis­cussion
by Dr. Morfet. Prof. H. G.
Grant will give news notes and ob­servations.
At 4 o'clock, second Auburn-Clem-son
baseball game.
Thursday night, musical program,
featuring "Better Music Week.' Mrs.
LOCAL LIONS ARE
HOSTS TO NATL
LIONS AT CONV.
Auburn Lions are showing the Lions
of Alabama the time of their lives
in their meeting in the College City
for their anual convention Friday
and Saturday of this week. Follow­ing
is part of a letter Secretary Mad-dox
of Bessemer Lion Clubs mailed
out to their members this week:
"The biggest and best convention
yet held by Lions, will be staged at
Auburn, on April 29th and 30th,
goes without saying, Auburn is now
making preparations to entertain an
enormous crowd of delegates and the
brand of hospitality shown by the
Auburn folks is the best and assures
every Lion of a most enjoyable time
while in Auburn. Let's all go! ! !"
About two hundred Lions from the
various clubs over the State are pres­ent
for their convention.
AUBURN LOSES
TO MERCER IN
RECENT DEBATE
ARE YOU ABLE TO ANSWER
THESE CHINESE PUZZLERS
Here is an International "Ask Me
Another." It was prepared by a com­mittee
of Chinese students in New
York for this newspaper and is desig­nated
to put the Chinese viewpoint
before Americans.
If a gang of robbers were to at­tack
you in your home, force you to
sign agreements allowing them to
set up shop.- in some of your best
rooms and then buikTup their busi­ness
for thirty years, would you, when
you became strong enough to regain
control of your home, listen to their
pleas that ejection would hurt their
"property rights?"
How does this differ from the sit-
J. C. Lanier, soprano; Miss Grace
Crocker, cello; Miss Kate Frances
Cauthen, violin, and Mrs. Mary Drake
Askew, piano. Dr. George Petrie
will give a current topic discussion.
Friday noon, May 6, Jesse French
Victor program. "Aunt Sammy" will
give her weekly talk.
Friday night, beginning at 9:30,
dance program by studio orchestra.
Saturday noon, May 7, music by
studio trio. Coach R. C. Brown will
discuss high school and college ath­letics.
At 5 o'clock, musical program.
Prof. J. R. Rutland will give a short
discussion of the Sunday School les­son.
Saturday night, studio orchestra
with Mrs. Forney Renfro, Opelika,
featuring a Mothers' Day Program.
In an intercollegiate debate at Mer­cer
University on Friday evening,
April 22, Auburn lost to the Mer­cer
representatives by a unanimous
decision.
The question as presented was:
Resolved that the foreign nations
should delinqursh all governmental
control in China. For Mercer, on the
affirmative, were Tom Cobb and Roy
Hale. Auburn was represented by
Coke Matthews and Gene Walsh. The
decisions were thoughtfully rendered
by Dr. Herring Winship, Prof. G. F.
Oliphant and Mr. J. O. Cromwell.
It is interesting to note the pro­gress
made by colleges participating
in these debates. Mercer has done
exceptionally well, having lost only
four out of a total number of thirty
in which she has taken part since in­tercollegiate
debates have been held.
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uation in China?
If good rather than hatred gains
the most customers, will a conciliat­ing
or an antagonizing policy towards
the Chinese be most profitable?
Is the dispatching of gun boats,
with the consequent aggravation of
Chinese sentiment, the best way to
"protect nationals?" Or are the Chi­nese
justified in expecting foreigners
to leave the war zone? Would the
firing have ceased if a group of Chi­nese
had remained on the Franco-
German border in 1914?
Which policy will be most likely
to result in continued Sino-American
friendship—continued ! delay in the
revision of the treaties or prompt
action?
Why do Americans send both Mis­sionaries
to preach the doctrine of
peace and Marines to practice the doc­trine
of war?
How long has your favorite news­paper
correspondent been in China?
Does he speak Chinese?
Does he have any friends among
the Chinese? Or does he spend all
his time in the foreign settlements?
Where does he gather his news?
How often does he give the viewpoint
of the European? How often that
of the Asiatic?
Have you ever heard of the British
correspondent in Pekin who for years
wrote his dispatches on the basis of
gossip which his Chinese cook picked
up on the streets? How many of
the present correspondents use equal­ly
poor Interpreters ?
Why are so few personal interviews
with Chinese leaders printed?
What is the connecton between the
Asiatic branch of the Associated Press
and the British-controlled Reuter
Agency?
Why is most news relayed across
Europe instead of across the Pacific?
What effect does this have on the
"color" of the news?
What accounts for the divergence
between news originating from "mis­sionary"
circles and news originating
from "business" circles?
Which group would be most likely
to have the more disinterested view­point?
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UP GOOD IN HORSE SHOW
(Continued from page 1)
R. S. Donalson and Lloyd E. Jones
of Fort Benning, Ga. The winners
were as follows:
Enlisted men's jumping class, first,
L. Pounds; second, C. Jackson and
third, Sergeant S. Fitzpatrick.
Women's riding class, first, Doro­thy
Duggar; second, Lois Wells and
third, Mary Meagher Newell.
Bending race, first,'J. C. MsClen-don;
second, V. G. Conner and third,
F. E. Morton.
Musical chairs, first, J. C. Fuller;
second, W. H. Gregory, third F. N.
Matthews.
Saddling race, first, Sergeant S.
Fitzpatrick; second, Private L.
Pounds and third, Sergeant Foreman.
Rescue race, first, W. H. Long­shore
and J. C. Thompson; second, L.
H. McClendon and L. D. Upshaw, and
third, J. Matthews and Burns.
Senior jumping class, first, F. N.
Matthews; second, A. C. Smith and
third, J. P. Atherton.
Messenger race, fi*st. Sergeant
Foreman; second, Private Pearce;
third, Private Lingerfelt.
Junior jumping class, first, W. 1L.
Rudder; second, E. F. Martin; third,
W. Fuller.
If women aren't careful they'll
win so much freedom that the men
will cease to feel any responsibility
for them.
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PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN
SPORTS Auburn Plays Vandy Here This Week SPORTS
Fla. Alligator Nine
Comes from Behind
to Claim Victory
Auburn was the victim of one of
the best, longest and hardest fought
games in the Southern Conference
by the strong University of Florida
nine at Tallahassee Monday evening.
Cush Wood went the entire route and
was touched for a total of eighteen
solid hits. Along with these hits,
Florida was favored by two errors'
by the Tiger outfit and took advan­tage
of all breaks to tie the score
three different times. As for Au­burn's
hitting, nine bingles were ac­counted
for from the delivery of Ray­mond
Marsh and Boney who reliev­ed
him. The fielding of the Florida
artist was below that of Auburn's.
Five errors were made and accounted
for several of the scored runs. This
was the first of a scheduled three
game series in the state capitol of
Florida. Incidentally, the Florida
State Womens College is located in
this fair town and very likely had
a good deal to do with the outcome
of the game.
Auburn Takes Lead
Auburn started off strong. In the
first, second and third innings, she
scored a total of five runs; two in
the first and second and one in the.
third. Florida did not cross the plate
until the fourth inning. But in the
fourth and fifth innings she manag­ed
to duplicate Auburn's performance
for the first two frames and the
score stood five to four in the Ben­gal's
favor.
And so the score stood until the
eighth inning when the Gators squeez­ed
over the tieing run. Five to five
and nine innings passed. Tenth in­ning,
Auburn up and the score was
six to five when three outs were fin­ally
made. Florida took the stand
and for the second time tied another
knot in the rope. Eleventh frame and
Coach Morey called for two runs
which were made according to in­struction.
But again, the Florida
nine understood the circumstances
and seemed to be enjoying the game
for they also scored two ovals. The
score remained eight to eight until
the last of the fifteenth inning. And
here the lid was opened and the Uni­versity
stars jumped to the top with
one run to win the game.
This 'made the scores for the three
games of this season between these
two teams differ by only one point
in each fray. If Auburn receives a
few of the breaks in Tuesday's game,
very likely the total scores will be tied
for there is not going to be a walk
away by either side in any game.
5. C. Wins Second
Game of Series on
Plainsman Errors
Baskin To Enter
Penn Relay Events
At the annual Penn. relays, Au­burn
will not be among those miss­ing.
Coach Hutsell along with Cap­tain
"Weemie" Baskin departed from
the "Village of the Plains" Wednes­day
to uphold the standards of the
institution. In the past, Coach Hut-sell
planned to enter Snider in these
relays, but Euil, unfortunately, took
advantage of his marvelous stride to
catch a case of "mumps." This left
Auburn entered in the meet with only
one man. We know that we are well
represented and look forward to a
good showing by our candidate of
honors.
There is a feature on hand in the
meet in that Oxford University is
sending their Olympic star, a member
of England's nobility, across the wa­ter
to enter in one of the events that
Baskin will take part in. This is the
120-yard high hurdles. This makes
this an international event. No
doubt we will hear more of this from
Mr. Baskin personally, but who
woudn't be proud to have raced with
a real Lord.
The second event in which Hutsell
has entered "Weemie" is the discuss.
Baskin holds the Auburn record in
this hurl and may pull a surprise
for us.
Auburn dropped her second Con­ference
game of the present season
to the South Carolina Gamecocks.
This tilt proved just what errors will
do. Auburn registered seven bob­bles
with the opponents making three.
But seven errors and eight hits were
too much for the Morey nine and
the Gamecocks took advantage of
each break. Maury hurled for the
Tigers during the first seven innings
and was touched for a total of eight
hits, one being a triple. This was
not a bad record and with the sup­port
that the Tiger nine is accustomed
to giving, Maury would have fared
much better. In the eighth frame,
"Maggie" McGhee was sent in as a
relief pitcher and retired the Caro­linians
in fine style.
Buck Ellis proved that he did not
believe in the idea that anything is
impossible and when Nolan of the
Gamecocks drove a fly high over
second, Buck surprised all interested
by running back and making a leap
into the air to pull down a would-be
home run. But Buck came down dif­ferent
from the way he went up and
appeared like a clown when he took
a somersault and came up with the
oval in his gloved hand. There was
no doubt about this being the feature
play of the game and doing much in
strengthening Ellis' supporters.
Auburn started the scoring in the
second inning with one run which was
doubled by South Carolina in her
turn at the plate. In the third the
Tigers scored another, but S. C. again
pushed a run over. The next four
frames were represented by goose
eggs for Auburn and Carolina ob­tained
five extra runs two in the
fifth and three in the seventh.
In the eighth, Auburn rallied.
Hitchcock doubled to left field, Watt-wood
singled, advancing "Bullet" and
Allen sent a long high fly to left
field, Hitchcock scoring on the play.
Wattwood then scored as Akin singled
to center. The side then retired when
Currie and Ellis flew out. The ninth
saw another rally but it was quench­ed
before it started good and the
Tigers failed to score, although two
bingles and a sacrifice hit came in
short order.
The Morey men were badly out of
form. Their fielding was erratic and
although they touched Stoddard for
nine bingles, he held them pretty well
in check and kept them fairly well
scattered. This completed the road
trip in the northern district. The
first three days of the following week
will see the JUngleers in the Penin­sula
State Capitol where they have
a three game series with the U. of F.
"Alligators."
Box Score
SOUTH CAROLINA
AB. R. H. P.O. A. E.
Lamar, 2b 4 0 1 1 7 0
Nolan, 3b 5 0 0 2 2 0
Burke, If 4 2 1 4 0 0
Windus, lb 4 2 2 10 2 2
Rogers, ss 2 3 1 3 10
Salley, cf 2 1 1 4 11
Farr, rf 3 0 1 0 0 0
Swink, c 4 0 1 3 0 0
Stoddard, p 4 0 0 0 2 0
Local
Societies to Form
a Baseball Circuit
Beginning immediately, a new class
of baseball will be initiated into the
regulations of the campus. From the
Civil class a challenge was issued to
the Elecs for a series of baseball
games between themselves to decide
just who was best and why. As usu­al
the Elecs called the bluff and start­ed
a campaign for players. Then the
problem was taken up at the meet­ings
of the different societies. Man­agers
were elected and the other dif­ferent
societies on the campus thought
they would make a fine showing in
the league and proceeded to form
their squad. Now we find "Kid"
Easterly, of the Civils, as the pres­ent
impersonator of Judge Landis
At a meeting of the different manag­ers,
a formal schedule was drawn
up and dates set.
The teams entered at present are:
A. S. M. E., A. I. E. E., A. S. C. E.,
Ag. Club, and Architectural Society.
The dates for the different games
will be announced on the window of
one of the Drug Stores up town.
As a pre-season training, the Civil
nine has taken on the Auburn High
School nine for a three game series.
The result of the first game was a
landslide on the Civils. After nine
innings of fussing and fumming, it
was decided that the game had pro­ceeded
far enough and the resultant
score will remain in history, 16-5 in
favor of the youngsters. The fea­ture
play or performance of the
game, however, was put on by the
Surveyors. In the early part of the
game, a triple play was executed by
fast team work, Copeland to Shep-pard
to Pierce.
These games are going to be quite
the stuff. When sleepy and tired
come out and get the old grouch off.
Don't take the games seriously though
for there will be quite a bit of ar­guing
on hand.
Department Ag Profs Defeat
Eng. Instructors
In Close Contest
A feature of the past week end
was the hard fought, close ball game
on the campus between the Comer
Hall teachers and those of the Main
building. The final score was five
to four in favor of the plowmen. It
looked like a rally was going to be
staged by the engineers during the
final part of the game when "Em­ma"
Goleman of the Architecture de
partment doubled but he did not have
enough backing. This is an unusual
affair and is usually not as much of
a joke as some would think. Age
does not always do away with ability
as athletes. A witness of this game
will confirm this statement. Anyone
who missed this game lost a good
chance to improve his knowledge of
the game and should look forward to
the digging up of the hatchet next
season.
Tangents from Sport Circles
Totals 32 8 8 27 15 3
AUBURN
AB. R. H. P.O. A. E.
Ellis, cf
James, c
Wallace, rf
Sankey, ss
Hitchcock, 3b
Wattwood, lb
Allen, 2b
Smith, 2b
Akin, If
Maury, p
McGhee, p
Vurrie x
Moulton xx
Wood xxx
Totals
4
3
4
4
3
5
1
2
3
2
0
1
1
0
3
4
0
2
0
13
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
33 4 9 24 15 7
Summary
Two base hits: Allen, Hitchcock.
'Gators Make It
Three Out of Four
From Morey Nine
The outcome of the second game
of the scheduled series at Tallahas­see
is a freak of baseball. Auburn
fielded perfectly and outhit the Flori­da
artists, seven to four but were
again vanquished. The Gulf State
boys accounted for five errors and
could not do much more towards Pat's
delivery than they did on the cam­pus,
but a squeeze play in the eighth
sewed up the bacon bag for them.
Chaplin hurled his second game
against Morey's men but was not
quite as effective as in the first fray.
In the third frame both teams
scored one run and was satisfied with
their showing but the Gators added
two more to their count in the fourth
to take the lead. Then next two in­nings
went scoreless. But the sev­enth
saw Auburn add another to make
the count three to two and in the
eighth the Bengals tied the count in
their half. Still, the end of the
eighth saw the Alligators once more
in the lead, four to three. And the
ninth frame was not marked by a
single score.
This ended the fourth game between
the two teams, each game being de­cided
by only one run. The fifth fray
will take place Wednesday and the
week-end will find Morey and his
team back in the "Fairest Village of
the Plains" doing battle with the
Vanderbilt nine that had fared very
well up to date with their oppo­nents.
Three base hits: Rogers. Stolen bases,
Wattwood 2, Windus, Akin. Sacrifice
hits: Farr, Salley, James. Double
plays: Lamar to Windus, Rogers to
Windus. Left on bases: Auburn 11,
Carolina 7. Bases on balls: off Stod­dard
2, off Maury 3. Hits off Maury,
8 in 7 innings. Passed ball: Swick.
Umpire: Adcock. Time 2 hours.
TRACK TEAM IS
HANDICAPPED
Following the Tech track meet,
Coach Hutsell was faced with a ser­ious
problem. "Snitz" Snider and
"Spec" White, were quarantined with
feverish inflammations of the paro­tid
glands; better known in Auburn
as "mumps." Who will fill Snider's
shoes and place first in the dashes
and who will hurl the javelin for
White? With these two men out of
the line-up, it looks like a net loss
of twenty clear points in any meet.
Snider was due to run in the Penn.
relays this week-end in which he in­tended
to stage a come-back after
failing to place in the Drake relays
last season. He was in. the' top of
form and full of inspiration. Ac­cording
to "Snitz," himself, all flow­ers
and ice cream will be appreciated;
and we expect that "Spec" approves
of the same rule.
TIGERS DEFEAt
S. CAN FIRST 0F\
2-GAMEJERIES
While his mates were touching the
Carolina hurlers rather freely for
safeties, "Po" Pat.Moulton controlled
the garnishing of his opponents well.
The South Carolinians were only able
to obtain two runs off the Morey
nine and were victims of a severe
batting attack that netted the Villag­ers
eleven counts. This was the sec­ond
game in three days in which the
Plainsmen obtained eleven runs. This
is a very good and comparatively safe
habit for the Morey boys. If it can
be kept up! Owning a baseball team
is one thing that Auburn is proud of.
They may lose once in a while but
we all know that they do their best
and what more could we ask for!
No definite results as to stars and
batting averages are obtainable until
the team returns from their present
road trip and hence this short sum­mary
will have to suffice for the
present. *
G.
Ellis 10
Allen 10
Sankey 10
James, F. 5
Wallis 10
James, E. 10
Akin 9
Hitchcock 10
Wattwood 8
Wood 5
Ingram • 4
Moulton 3
McGhee 2
Curry 3
Smith 3
Maury 2
Wright 1
Taylor 3
Potter 1
Lee 2
Auburn baseball men seem to be
scattered very well in the minor lea­gues.
Four star performers report­ed
to the Birmingham Barons at the
first of the season and as the roster
now reads, only one of the number
remains. This one is none other than
big pal, "Dog Face" Sheridan. So
far he has not opened up a game as
the hurler for his mates but has tak
en part in several contests as a re
lief pitcher. Looks good at this job
and it will very likely keep him busy.
Up in High Point, North Carolina,
we find our ex-captain, C. O. Stew­art,
cavorting around second base as
usual. He looks like a regular and
should make a name for himself in
the professional column.
* * * * *
Then, down in Florida, Carson
"Pea Head" Green has taken his
stand with Miami after leaving the
Selma "Selmians" after their fourth
game. While with the Cotton Belt
boys, Carson hit 333, .obtaining a
home run, double and single out of
nine trips to the plate.
* * * * *
Last but not least, "Red" Griffin
has swaped clubs and has the privi­lege
of covering both second and
third base, according to the posi­tion
assigned to him. Griffin will
go strong with the Pensacola Fliers
and will do his bit in the future, as
he has in the past, to keep them on
the winning list. He is hitting
around 345 so far but is below his
form in fielding.
* * * * *
The Auburn nine sure hit a stump
when they encountered the Gator
nine the first part of the week. This
was the first series to be lost by
the Morey stars this season and will
hamper them exceedingly in obtain­ing
the championship. There was
not much said about the game in the
papers of this section of the country
so full details of the games are not
obtainable. Florida has one big thing
on us. They have all the pitchers
that a college could ask or wish for
and all are as good as the other. Un-triener,
however, is rated their best
by them and should be an All-South­ern.
new rules drawn up and passed on
unanimously by the Inter-Collegiate
basketball association prohibits taking
more than one dribble by a player.
This will produce a much faster game
and make team work imperative. We
Auburn Awarded
Victory Over Tech
in Meet Held Here
Following the Auburn-Tech track
meet on the campus a week ago,
will be hurt in a way but all other „ . A, J re mi.
J j Coach Alexander of Georgia Tech re-teams
will also. Our team is com
posed of experienced dribblers but
if others can do away with it we can
too. All of our players are quick
and good straight passers and with
Papke at the helm again; just watch
their dust! This past season, Papke's
quint -Startled the conference contend­ers
with a run of eleven straight vi-tories
but who knows what lies in
the future? Let's hope for another
record next year. We always like to
break our own records.
ceived a telegram stating that Brew­er,
Yellow Jacket runner, was ruled
inelligible to take part in any varsity
tilts for reasons not stated. This
caused a happy change in the out­come
of the meet. Where Ga. Tech
had 63 points to the column in her
name; Auburn now has that number
and Tech has assumed the smaller
end, 60. This kept the road of tri­umph
clear for Coach Hutsell's har­riers
and to date, "Auburn has not
lost a dual track meet in the last
six years." And we hope that this
year will mark itself down as the
seventh.
y"M • w • - • 11 The results of the runs affected by
XslemSOn in initial the ineligibility of Brewer are as
Game on the Road °ne ****•• First—wright (Ga.
! Tech) ; Second—Duncan (Auburn) ;
Third—White (Ga. Tech).
Two Mile: First—Morrow (Au­burn)
; Second—Pickett (Ga. Tech) ;
Third—Whigham (Auburn).
Plainsmen Wallop
Playing in a drizzling rain for'
eight innings, Auburn ran her num-ber
of conference victories up to!
eight, on Wednesday evening. "Cush"
ers, and, incidentally, ran his string
Wood did the hurling for the Villag-of
victories up to five with no de­feats.
Both pitching staffs allowed
frequent connections; Wood giving
up ten hits in eight innings while
Gibson and Harmon of Clemson were
touched for eleven safeties.
Auburn was never behind and al­though
Clemson tied the score twice,
she could, as the slang goes, not
stand the gaff. After the first in­ning
Auburn was on the top. Clem-ninth.
Buck Ellis led the Tiger attack
with a homer, double and single out
of four trips to the plate and was
followed by Ebb James with a like
number of hits marked up in the
single column in a like number of
chances.
The fielding of the Clemson nine
was very erratic, being composed of
six miscues. Auburn only made one
error which was exceptionally good
owing to the condition of the dia-son
started things going with a run I m0nd.
in the first but the Tigers repeated: Sankey pulled several very neat
her performance. Clemson again; p i a y s > accepting six difficult chances
pulled a man around the sacks but without a bobble and one being a
Auburn scored thrice, making the ii n e d r i v e over the center plate that
count four to one. But Clemson had
on her socking clothes and scored
I two in the third to even up matters.,
j "Cush" seemed to settle down here j
j for he never was in any danger at j
| all except in the fifth when Clemson!
! scored their fifth and last run of the
contest. But Auburn was set on a
i bit of batting practice'and circled
Speaking of All-Southerns reminds j ., , ,, ,. ,, „
v • the bags three times in the fourth
us of our own candidates. We have I , . . . . . . , . ..
! and eighth innings and once in the
I so many stars on our team that it is : ., , . ' . , . . •,
I seventh, making the final score elev
was sure for a couple of bases.
CLEMSON:
* * * *
hard to tell just who is better than
the next one. Hitchcock is the only
Auburn player that made the team
last year that is again on the dia­mond.
As a general outlook, it ap­pears
that Auburn will be repre­sented
by more than just players
this season unless we take a turn for
the worst. Fob James lost his big
chance and very likely would have
come through had he not been injur­ed.
He was pretty strong last year
for the team but owing to it being
his first varsity season, he did not
receive the first team position.
* * * * *
Looks as if we will have a new
game on the campus for the coming
year. Basketball without dribbling.
What will it look like? One sure
thing—it won't be rough as it has
been in the past and there will not
be half as many fouls made
en to five, as the game was called by
Umpire Key at the beginning of the
Auburn's Record on the
Diamond This Season
Opps. Aub. Pitcher
A.B. R. H. 2B. 3B. HR.SH.SB. >per
42 5 7
29 9 8
37 13 15
16 5 6
36
27
25
30
21
7
6
9
4
5
5
0
0
2
1
2
6 10
3 7
8
13
3
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Birmingham
Georgia
Georgia
Tulane
Tulane
Florida
Florida
Montgomery
Ga. Tech
Ga. Tech
Illinois
Illinois
Clemson
Clemson
The ! S. Carolina
S. Carolina
Florida
Florida
Florida
Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Clemson
Clemson
.167
.276
.405
.375
.278
.259
.320
.433
.143
.144
.333
.222
.250
.200
.200
.000
.000
.000
.000
.000
Totals 10 304 61 85 5 4 7 11 18
NOTE: These averages are for games up to the Illinois series.
.280
6
2
3
0
1
1
8
2
5
5
10
5
rain
2
4
9
4
0
1
1
1
1
1
9
Sheridan
Wood
Moulton
McGhee
Lee
Wood
Moulton
Lee
Wood
Moulton
Wood
Moulton
Wood
rain
11 Moulton
Maury
Wood
Moulton
McGhee
5
7
6
12
6
2
0
7
10
7
12
8
11
•8
8
3
5
Player Pos.
Heron, 3b
Hudgins, 2b
Hendee, 2 b
Sexton, If
Dunlap, ss
Abbott, ss
Eskew, lb
Moore, cf
Milling, rf
Jones, rf
Perman, c
Gibson, p
Harmon, p
Totals
AUBURN:
Player Pos.
Ellis, cf
James, c
Wallace, rf
Sankey, ss
Hitchcock, 3b
Wattwood, lb
Allen, 2b
Akin, If
Wood, p
A.B. R.
4 1
P.O. A.
1
0
0
2
0
0
11
2
2
0
3
0
0
28
A.B.
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
5 10 21
R.
2
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
1
P.O.
1
4
1
3
0
10
1
1
0
35 11 11 21
A.
0
1
0
oo
1
0
0
1
3
Totals 9
SUMMARY:
Erors: Herron, Dunlap, Abbott, Es­kew,
Milling, Pearman, Ellis. Two
base hits: Ellis, Herron. Three base
hits: James, Sexton. Home runs:
Ellis, Eskew. Stolen bases: Watt­wood
(2), Allen, Ellis, Sankey, Hitch­cock.
Sacrifice hits: Wallace. Base
on balls: Gibson (2), Wood (2).
Struck out: by Bibson, 1; by Wood,
3. Hits off Gibson, 7 in 5 innings.
Time: 2 hours.
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Notes of the Societies
GAMMA SIGMA EPSILON HOLDS
ELECTION
On April the 12th the Delta
Alpha Chapter of Gamma Sigma
Epsilon pledged two new members to
be initiated April the 23rd. The
pledges are John Thompson McAllis­ter,
Huntsville,, Alabama; and Char^
les Fleetwood Walters, Jr., Tarrant,
Alabama. Both students are taking
Chemical Engineering courses, McAl­lister
being a Junior while Walters
is a Sophomore.
Gamma Sigma Epsilon is an hon
orary chemical fraternity whose pur
pose is to promote high scholarship I
and fellowship among the students of
Chemistry. Its members are select- j
ed from those students taking chem-1
ical courses offered at Auburn who;
have shown marked interest and
proficiency in their work.
The fraternity was founded at Dav­idson
College during the year 1921
and the Delta Alpha chapter was es­tablished
at Auburn in 1923, being
one of the most active on the fra­ternity's
roster.
WEBSTERIAN SOCIETY
The Websterian Literary .Society
held its regular meeting last Tuesday
night. The speakers for the debate
to be held soon were tried out. Mr.
Jester and Mr. Blankenship were se­lected
to represent our society.
We are anxious that every member
be present at the next meeting next
Tuesday night. Be there—we need
you.
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The Society of American Military
Engineers enjoyed a smoker in the
reading room of Ramsay Hall at
their last regular meeting. Quite a
large group assembled to partake of
the smokes, including some of the
army officers of the other units. W.
F. Wright proved an excellent substi­tute
as presiding officer in the ab­sence
of President Alston.
Captain Althaus, the first speaker
of the evening, related some of his
experiences in the famous Ohio flood
in which the entire city of Hamilton
was wiped out. At the time he was
connected with the National Guard
unit that was sent to the stricken ter­ritory.
His talk proved unusually
interesting in view of the present
disaster in the Mississippi valley.
Lieutenant Leitch, another of our
guests for the evening, also favored
the society with a talk. The topic
of his talk dealt with the importance
of the study of human nature to army
officers. In emphasizing this point
he gave accounts of two battles dur­ing
the period of Rome's greatness
in which the battles were won by the
smaller forces just because of the fact
that the generals of the smaller forc­es
thoroughly understood human na­ture.
Lieutenant Leitch was a very
entertaining speaker and the society
always looks forward to his visits.
The next speaker was an officer
of our own unit, Lieutenant Bowley.
He spoke to the society on one of the
problems that confronted him when
he had charge of the construction of
a jetty in Oregon. This particular
problem was the removal of a dere­lict
from the channel of the harbor.
His account of this feature was very
amusing although he assured us it
was not at the time, due to the dan­ger
of handling explosives on a sled
in a rough sea. Lieutenant Bowley's
talks are always interesting to an
engineer and this one proved no ex­ception
to the rule.
The future activities of the society
was the subject of a brief discussion
by Lieutenant Higgins. He pointed
out the factors on which these things
chiefly rest and urged everyone to
do their share towards the advance­ment
of the organization. After he
had concluded his talk he was accord­ed
a rising vote of thanks for his
support and interest of and in the
society during the past year.
Quite a number of the members
were also heard from and the meeting
developed into a more or less old time
session. The entire smoker was high­ly
successful and every feature was
greatly enjoyed.
HOME EC CLUB
A very interesting meeting of the
Home Economics Club was held last
Thursday night in the Main Building.
A good crowd was out and we had
splendid reports from the delegates
to the State Home Economics Asso­ciation
in Birmingham recently. It
was brought to us in so pleasant a
way that we felt that we had almost
been one of the delegates.
Miss Whitcher told of the things
which interested her in the meeting.
We were glad to learn that our own
Miss Thompson presided graciously
and charmingly at this meeting, and
especially proud were we that she was
elected president of the State Home
Economics Association for next year.
We know that she is a great worker,
and we are proud that other people
of the State have realized it too.
Miss Sybil Smith, Bureau of Home
Economics, Washington, D. C, made
a very interesting talk on Research
in Home Economics, bringing out the
fact that it is best that research be
slow in order to get the correct re­sults.
A discussion was also made
of the Home Economics Journal which
proved its popularity among the
home economics workers over the
United States. Since it is the only
one of its kind, we should certainly
appreciate it.
Miss Reynolds whom we all know
and love gave to this group of inter­ested
ladies something as to the Nur­sery
School work at Auburn. She
told how in this nursery school the
child was given an opportunity for
self expression.
Miss Martha McAlpine, Child Stu­dy
specialist, from Athens, Ga.,
brought out a study of human rela­tionship
in the home, saying that re­spect
should be paid to the child's
ideas and individuality.
Mrs. Shook told of the outstanding
talks on Saturday. Miss Margaret
Edwards spoke on the Place of Home
Economics in the Health Program.
Miss Edwards is connected with the
American Child Health Association
of New York and she as a - Home
Economics woman went into the
health work because she realized the
importance of Home Economics in
the health of the child. "We all need
other people's viewpoint," she' said,
and "we are training children to be
healthful, mentally, socially, and phy­sically
and the next two or three
years will show improvement."
Miss Meta Grace brought out the
most interesting points of Dr. Seale
Harris' lecture on the Importance of
Diet in Disease. "In the days gone
by," said Dr. Harris, "our grand­mothers
did not know what to give
the people to eat and in what propor-
CO-EDOMJJMN
We are very glad to learn that Miss
Bertha Dennis is recovering from a
recent operation for appendicitis.
Miss Curdy Lester has returned
from spending the week-end with her
parents in Dadeville.
Miss Allye Hughes spent Satur­day
in Birmingham.
Mrs. W. Siebold of Guntersville is
the guest of her daughter, Miss Beth
Siebold.
Miss Frances Dennis returned Sun­day
from Montgomery where / she
was called due to the illness of her
cousin.
Miss Phronsie Thompson of New
Orleans is the guest of her sister,
Miss Henrietta Thompson of this
city. The attractive young visitor
served as the inspiration for a lovely
dance given by Miss Maryline Cau-then
at her home on Saturday even­ing.
Miss Thompson will be remem­bered
as a student of last year, and
a member of the Kappa Delta Soror­ity.
The guests included only close
friends of the hostess and honoree.
Punch was served throughout ^.he
evening, while music was furnished
by Dick Yarbrough and his orches­tra.
MOORE'S MARKET
IS
AUBURN'S
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tions. As a, result of this, we are
today suffering from weak bodies and
diseases caused from this improper
diet." We as Home Economics peo­ple
are in training now in order to
be able to give the people whom we
serve the things that will develop
them best both mentally and phy­sically,
and we should make the best
of every opportunity.
The club decided on defraying one-half
of two girls' expenses to Ashe-ville
to the National Home Economics
Association and an election of these
delegates will be held on May 5th,
Thursday night. We want every mem­ber
present. A very interesting pro­gram
is also planned for that night
since Dr. Morphet will talk to us.
Be there!
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A.I.E.E. HOLDS ELECTION
The local chapter of the student
branch of the A.I.E.E. helds its reg­ular
weekly meeting Thursday night
in Ramsay Engineering hall. Elec­tion
of officers took the place of the
regular program. The following of­ficers
were elected: President, T. S.
Lynch; Vice-President, S. L. Hancock;
Secretary-Treasurer, P. E. Sandlin;
Plainsman Reporter, C. D. Bradley;
Auburn Engineer Reporter, J. C.
Townsend.
A plan was brought before the
meeting to organize a baseball team
to represent the A.I.E.E. in the inter-engineering
society league now being
formulated. The plan received a
unanimous vote, and C. D. Kenny was
elected as manager and coach for the
team. So far the team has brilliant
prospects for securing the pennant
which will be given to the winning
team.
Under the guidance of the retiring
president, Mr. J. D. Stewart, the So­ciety
has made rapid progress and
with the election of the above new
officers, the members of the A. I. E.
E. are looking forward to a most
successful year.
Scotch mixtures that
have just the right pre­war
kick.
Braeburn is a master
at the art of creating
unusual clothing for
college men - the sub­tle
punch that pleases.
9
The delegation from Auburn in-1 other heroic women turned out to op-cluded
R. A. Vandersys, Charles
Kelso, Hugh Kinzer, Gourley Craw­ford,
E. A. Root, J. W. Williams,
R. A. Martin and Misses Cindy Lester
and Meta Grace.
FIRE CONTROL IS PLANNED
IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY
pose the spread of forest fires in
their communities. Most of the men
were attending court at Brewton,
leaving their homesteads and wood­lands
in charge of the women. The
dry spell occuring about the middle
of the month afforded a test of the
latter's ability to make good as guard-
The school teachers and women! ians of the farm and forest. That
citizens generally of Escambia Coun­ty
propose to keep fire out of the
woods even if the men folks are away.
Recently Miss Elsa Landquist, teach­er
of the Boutwell School, led ten of
her pupils to the fire line and fought
five hours before the conflagration
was under control. The State Com­mission
of Forestry feels that with
such teachers in the schools young
America will not lack for guidance
in the protection of forests.
Reports from the dangerous points
in Escambia County show that six
they did so is evidenced by the fact
that largely through their efforts the
spread of a number of dangerous fires
was absolutely stopped.
Thus far over the state as a whole
the forest. fire situation has been
fairly good. However, the present
is a critical period and only excep­tional
alertness will prevent severe
damage to valuable property. With
the women and school pupils as well
as the men citizens exerting every
effort, Alabama should reap a decid­ed
benefit in forest and land values.
WIRT LITERARY SOCIETY
The Wirt Literary society met in
Wirt hall at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 26.
After the disposition of business the
following program was presented for
the enjoyment of the society: Our
Naval Academy, by H. J. Christensen,
The Key to Panama, by D. C. Nation,
Libraries in Soviet Russia by Miss
Neida Martin, and some timely jokes
by Herschel Hatchet.
The Wirt will meet with the Wil-sonian
society next Tuesday evening
for the elimination contest to deter­mine
which society will meet the
winner of the Websterian-Evans
meet.
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CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR CONVEN-TION
IN BIRMINGHAM
On April 7-10 the thirty-seventh
annual convention of the Alabama
Christian Endeavor was held in Birm­ingham.
The convention was featured by
conferences held on the various sub­jects
pertaining to the work. Among
the prominent speakers were Dr. J.
M. Brady, Pastor of the Sixth Ave­nue
Presbyterian church; A. J. Shar-tle
of Boston, Mass.; Hon. Bibb
Graves, "Montgomery; and Mr. L. E.
Brubaker of Ensiey. Another fea­ture
of the convention was the tour,
of the city sponsored by the Birming­ham
C. E. Union and the Annual
Fellowship Banquet held at the Birm­ingham-
Southern college. |
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TWO BOTANICAL
THESES WRITTEN
BY AUBURN MEN
AUBURN CLUBS
HAVE CLINIC
FOR SERVANTS
By Hugh G. Grant
A clinic for physical examination
of cooks, nurses and in fact all hand­lers
of food, the first of its kind in
Alabama and perhaps the first in
the United States, is in operation in
Auburn, the seat of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute.
For three days this week a corps
of health experts, including Lee
County health officers and nurses,
Auburn physicians, two members of
the International Health Board, and
a representative of the State Health
Department, Montgomery, have la­bored
during the day and far into
the night in an effort to eradicate
disease from the ranks of those per­sons,
both black and white, who serve
in the private homes of Auburn, in
cafes, in meat markets and in gro­ceries.
Civic Leaders Plan
Standing back of these experts is a
group of Auburn civic leaders, who
for weeks have been quitely working
on the plan which, it is believed, will
place Auburn in the very front rank
of American cities in the work of
eradication of contagious disease
among the/white and colored races.
Realizing that the problem can be
handled only through collective effort
and cooperation on the part of both
white and black, these Auburn lead­ers,
under the direction of a special
committee consisting of Prof. C. L.
Hare, professor of physical and phy­siological
chemistry, Auburn; Dr. R.
S. Suggs, assistant professor of bac­teriology
and pathology, and Homer
Wright, druggist, worked out the
program with the aid of Mayor C. S
Yarbrough, Dr. C. M. Moore, Lee
County health officer, and the local
Auburn physicians, including Drs.
B. P. Thomas, F. R. Yarbrough and
M. L. Jeter.
Auburn women leaders including
Mrs. S .L. Toomer, Mrs. Fred Allison,
Mrs. B. R. Showalter and Mrs. B. F.
Thomas, also assisted.
Experts in Charge
The clinic was opened last week.
In charge of the work inside were
international health officers, includ­ing
Dr. John Kerr, Dr. T. B. Haney,
Jr., and Prof. W. C. Blasingame, of
the State Board of Health, as well as
Auburn physicians, nurses, including
Miss Catherine Corley, Mrs. C. M.
Moore, Mrs. Hubert Langley and Ger­trude
Carter and Mildred Slaughter,
the last two being colored, and I. H.
Hale.
In three days 507 persons, includ­ing
50 white handlers of food, were
examined. The examination of ap­proximately
400 negro school children,
to follow later, will make a total of
900 examined.
Results of the examination will be
tabulated by the State Board of
Health. The people of Auburn will
be informed and health certificates
will be issued to those persons who
are employed as nurses or handlers
For The Convenience +0+
of the Citizens of Auburn I have
arranged with "CASH & CARRY.
GROCERY CO." to handle my
breads and cakes which they will
receive fresh daily.
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W. W. WEBER, Prop.
Opelika, Alabama
Two important publications from
the pens of two members of the de­partment
of botany of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute have been is­sued,
it was revealed today. One
of these, the more recent, is a study
of the "Comparative Morophology of
Dothideacesous and Kindred Stroma-ta,"
by Dr. Walter Leroy Blain, as­sociate
professor of plant pathology;
the other, an exhaustive treatise on
the "Decomposition of Toxins By
Soil Organisms," by Dr. Wright A.
Gardner, head of the department of
botany and plant physiologist. Doc­tor
Blain's thesis was published re­cently'
in Mycologia, published by the
New .Yard Botanical Gardens, fol­lowing
submission for doctorate at
the University of Illinois.
The publication of these thesis has
focused attention on the botany de­partment
at Auburn, which is one of
the most popular divisions of the col­lege
work. Members of this depart­ment
at Auburn have been among
the foremost botanists of the coun­try
and numerous publications have
been put out by the members of the
faculty.
The function of the department, as
explained, is to give the student a
clear insight into the plant life of the
state, teaching how plants behave,
how they live, how they reproduce
and bear fruit for the subtenance of
mankind. They are given instruc­tion
in the naming of the plants so
that as farmers or workers among
farmers they may know the plants
that they come in contact with. For
the general student the course is in­tended
to broaden him intelectually,
rounding out a general classical edu­cation.
For those who intend to follow
farming an advanced course in plant
physicology is given. They are taught
the fundamentals concerning "the ab­sorption
of foods and food materials,
the making of food by photosynthe­sis,
the digestion of food as well as
other necessary processes in the
growth of the plant.
For men who intend to farm, teach
or do any sort of agricultural work,
a course in plant pathology is given.
This is a practical course dealing with
crops grown the the state. Special
emphasis is placed upon the way a
disease looks, how it may be recogniz­ed
and controlled.
If any one cares to do more than
the work mentioned above other
courses are available which will
round out a real botanical education.
The history of the botany depart­ment
at Auburn is most interesting.
A long line of outstanding botanists
has been connected with this institu­tion.
P. H. Mell was the first botan­ist,
serving from 1883 to 1902, when
he resigned to accept the presidency
of the South Carolina A. and M. Col­lege.
Professor Mell was the author
of "Woods of Alabama," "Grasses of
Alabama and Their*1 Cultivation,"
and "Flora of Alabama." Dr. G. F.
Atkinson was connected with this de­partment
for three years, resigning
to accept a position at Cornell. He
also was the author of several im­portant
papers on cotton diseases
and on the fungus of the state. Pro­fessor
Atkinson was succeeded by J.
M. Steadman, who published papers j
on "Boll Rots of Cotton," and "Fruit I
Tree Blight." j
Dr. L. M. Underwood held the po­sition
of biologist from 1895 to 1896.1
During his tenure of office, Dr. F.
S. Earle, at present sugar cane tech­nologist
for the Tropical Research
Foundation, was horticulturist for
the station. When Underwood resign­ed,
Earle took over his position. In
cooperation Underwood and Earle
published "A Preliminary List of
Alabama Fungi," as bulletin 80 of
the station. Earle latter published
an article entitled "Flora of the Met-amorphic
Region of Alabama," as sta­tion
bulletin 119. He resigned in
1901 to accept a position in Cuba.
Earle was succeeded in 1901 by
Dr. E. M. Wilcox, who resigned in
1908 to accept a position at the Uni­versity
of Nebraska. Doctor Wilcox
published station bulletin • 126, "A
Leaf Curl Disease of Oak," bulletin
132 on "Diesases of Apple, Cherry,
Peach, Pear, and Plum, with Meth-
»
ods of Treatment," and bulletin 135
on "Diseases of Sweet Potatoes in
Alabama."
Dr. E. E. Lloyd was appointed
botanist and plant physiologist in
1908. His work was on coloring of
persimmons, "Leaf Water and Stoma-tal
Movement of Cotton," "A Mono­graph
of Guayule," and many other
papers. He resigned in 1912 to accept
the chair of McDonald professor of
botany at McGill University, which
position he now holds.
In 1911, Dr. F. A. Wolf was ap­pointed
plant pathologist of the sta­tion.
During his stay he published
many articles among them which
were "Leaf Spots of Peanuts," "Black
Sport of Rose," and "Citrus Canker,"
as station bulletins. Doctor Wolf,
now with the office of fruit disease
investigations of the United States
Department of Agriculture at Or­lando,
Florida, resigned his position
in 1916 to accept the position of plant
pathologist in North Carolina Experi­ment
Station.
Dr. J. S. Caldwell, now with the
United States Department of Agri­culture,
succeeded Lloyd as botanist
and plant physiologist in 1912.
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Among articles published while here
was one on the "Natural Wilting of
Plants." He resigned in 1916 to ac­cept
the position of plant physiologist
at the Washington state experiment
station. During the stay of Wolf
and Caldwell, they were assisted by
A. B. Masses, now of Virgina Poly­technic
Institute, who in cooperation
with Wolf published a station cir­cular
on "Citrus Canker."
Dr. W. J. Robbins, now botanist
and plant physiologist at the Univer­sity
of Missouri, held the same posi­tion
at Alabama experiment station
from 1916 to 1917. He published an
article, "The Cause of the Disappear­ance
of Cumarin, Vanillin, Pyridine
and Quinoline in the Soil." In 1916 Dr.
G. L. Peltier was appointed plant
patholigist to succeed Wolf. Peltier's
work while here was mainly on citrus
canker and he published several pa­pers
on various phases of this organ­ism
such as overwintering, relative
susceptibility of varieties, etc. Peltier
resigned to become plant pathologist
as the Nebraska experiment station.
In 1927 Dr. Wright A. Gardner,
present botanist and plant physiolo­gist
of the experiment station and
head of the botany department, suc­ceeded
Robins. His thesis for the doc­torate
at the University of Chicago
on "The Effect of Light on the Ger­mination
of Light-sensitive Seeds,"
was published in 1921 in the Botani­cal
Gazette. He published a very
comprehensive treatise on "The De­composition
of Toxins by Soil Organ­isms,"
which was put out as bulletin
225 of the Alabama agricultural ex­periment
station. Prior to the pub­lication
of this bulletin, several ar­ticles
on toxins by the same authori­ties
occurred in science. Robert Strat-ton
now at Oklahoma A. and M. col­lege,
was assistant professor of bot­any.
In 1919, Dr. E. F. Hopkins, now
with the Marble laboratories was ap­pointed
associate plant pathologist to
devote his time to the study of diseas­es
of cereal and forage crops. A. F.
Thies was acting plant pathologist
in 1920 resigning the same year to
accept a position with the United
States department of agriculture at
Lincoln, Nebraska.
Dr. G. R. Johnstone, at present at
the University of California, south­ern
branch, was assistant professor
of botany at the Alabama Polytech-
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nic Institute from 1920 to 1923 when
he resigned to pursue graduate work
in the. University of Chicago. Dr.
Johnstone's field was that of plant
physology arid while at this institu­tion
and in pursuance of the doc­torate,
his work was on a "Physiolo­gical
Study of Two Varieties of Ip-moea
Batatas," which was published
in an article in, 1925 in the Botanical
Gazette. While here he published a
circular from the Alabama extension
service in conjunction with E. R.
Miller and C. A. Cary on the "Pois­onous
Plants in Alabama."
Dr. A. H. Povah was appointed
plant pathologist in 1921 and held the
position until April 1922, when he ac­cepted
the position as assistant pro­fessor
of botany in Northwestern uni­versity.
Dr. L. E. Miles, present
plant pathologist for the Alabama ex­tension
service, accepted the position
as associate pathologist in 1922 which
he held until 1924 when he was trans­ferred
to full time extension work.
In connection with Dr. C. J. Humph­rey
of the office of forest pathology
of the United States Department of
Agriculture he published a circular
on "Dryrot in Buildings and Stored
Construction Materials and How to
Combat It. "In 1925 he published an
article on "A Pyrenomycetous Leaf-spot
of Burclover," which appeared
in volume 15 of Pytopathology.
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